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Someone Accidentally Dropped $6,200 at a North County Goodwill
Brittany Walker, an associate at the Florissant Square Goodwill(472 N. Lindbergh, Florissant), was sorting through donations on Sunday when she came across an unusual stash — $6,200. And unlike many...
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Strange Folk Festival Is Coming to Carondelet Park
Strange Folk Festival has a new home: Carondelet Park. The announcement was made today on the festival's Facebook page after a series of clever clues. The Carondelet location, a sprawling city park in...
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The 10 Best Concerts in St. Louis This Weekend: September 1 to 3
Between the 28 bands at Whiskey War Festival or the 50+ acts on offer at the Big Muddy Blues Festival, St. Louis has one of the best music-for-dollar rates in the midwest this year. With a surprise...
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LouFest Chuck Berry Tribute to Include Members of the Roots, Spoon, Dave...
LouFest organizers have been pretty tight-lipped about the event's special tribute to Chuck Berry set for Saturday night, working closely with the late rocker's family to present an event worthy of...
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Mona's in the Hill Is Closing This Sunday
Mona's - An American Italian Joint(5257 Shaw Avenue, 314-772-8272), the one-year-old spot that brought a new kind of dining to the Hill, has announced it will be closing. Owner Brendan Marsden said in...
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Two St. Louis Police Officers Shot With 'Assault-Style' Rifle
A gunman with a small "assault-style" rifle opened fire this afternoon on St. Louis police officers, wounding two before fleeing with an accomplice, the interim police chief says. The officers, both...
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These St. Louis Businesses Have Pledged to 'Save the Raise'
A sizable number of St. Louis businesses have signed on to "save the raise"— pledging to continue to pay at least $10/hour even as the legal requirement in the city drops back to $7.70. The city's...
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How Scape's Sharon Asher-Harter Taught Herself to Become a Top Pastry Chef
Sharon Asher-Harter, the pastry chef of Scape(48 Maryland Plaza, 314-361-7227), had just one birthday party her entire childhood. So when she became a mother, she vowed to go all-out for her kids.…
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St. Louis' Only Legal Outdoor Skate Park Prepares to Unveil a Huge Upgrade
The moonshine comes as a complete surprise. Bryan Bedwell has just sat down on the edge of the Peter Mathews Memorial Skate Garden, which is currently under major construction in the Bevo Mill...
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Kinloch Park's Basketball Courts Are Now a Work of Art
For the past five years, the Sunday closest to Keri Gilyard's birthday has marked an annual basketball tournament for players across St. Louis. The tournament in Kinloch Park reunites not only...
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On Stockley Verdict, Anthony Smith's Mother Asks, 'Why Is It Taking So Long?'
As rain began to fall on the corner of West Florissant and Acme avenues Monday night, Annie Smith asked the question on everyone's mind. "Why is it taking so long for the verdict?"…
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University City Man Charged in Brutal Daylight Attack on Loop Bartender
A twenty-year-old who lives in University City, Justin David Hood, has been charged with first-degree assault for the attempted robbery and attack of a Delmar Loop bartender on August 23, according to...
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Snapchat Messages Using N-Word Lead to Discipline at MICDS
The controversy erupted at 11:41 a.m. Sunday, in the middle of Labor Day weekend.…
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Rocket Fizz to Reopen in the Loop After Clerk Maced Teens
The Rocket Fizz(6372 Delmar Boulevard, University City; 314-833-4614) franchise in the Delmar Loop closed last week in the wake of a confrontation between a clerk and a handful of teens — but the...
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Crown Heights Tells a True, All-Too-American Story of Injustice
Forget the recycled superheroes and barrel-scraping fantasy films that have filled screens for the last few months; the most urgent subject matter in American cinema in 2017 has been race — or, more...
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Turn Shows Chef David Kirkland's Mastery in the Kitchen
Many years ago, David Kirkland was a house music DJ, creating layers of pounding rhythms to throngs of pulsating dancers in the San Francisco music scene. If you taste the biscuits and gravy at his...
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16 Can't-Miss Acts on This Year's LouFest Lineup
Loufest can be an intimidating affair. With some 32 bands performing across three stages and two days this year in Forest Park, some difficult decisions are going to have to be made regarding live...
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Newly Announced: Snails, Rittz, Todrick Hall, Crushed Out, Not Waving but...
Here, again, is every newly announced show for the week! On page one you'll find a quick list of shows that particularly caught our attention.…
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Half & Half Brings Brunch — and Blueprint Coffee — to Webster Groves
Half & Half (220 West Lockwood Avenue, Webster Groves; 314-942-1617) opened its Webster Groves location to an eager crowd on Tuesday, September 6, with customers lining up for that Blueprint...
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Brutal Labor Day Beating Leaves Tower Grove South Woman Unconscious
A neighborhood fight in south city turned ugly on Labor Day, with a group of seven people — some of them as young as eleven — beating a 27-year-old Tower Grove South woman badly enough to leave her...
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